Combined planter and fertilizer-distributer



(No Model.)

W. IRONSIDE.

COMBINED PLANTER AND FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. No. 300,262.

PatentedJune 10, 1884.

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UwiTEn STATES PATENT @EEitE.

WILLIAM IRONBIDE, OF KELTON, IEXNSYLVZ'XNIA.

COMBINE D PLANTER AND FERTlLlZER DlSTRlBUTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,262 dated June 10,1884.

Application filed July 7, 1883. (No model.)

To uZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM InoNsrDn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kelton, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Planterand Fortilizer; and I. do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification. I

My invention is a combined planter and fertilizer distributer, andembraces the following novel features, being an improvement uponmyLetters Patent No. 43,995, dated August 16, 186i: lwo conjoined boxesor hoppers, the one to hold seed-grain and the other fertilizingmaterial, so made that the back of the grain-box forms the partitionbetween the two hoppers, and each furnished with its own peculiarmechanism; also, the grain-box supplied with a. set of interchangeableturirplates, each fittingly pivoted, turned in a common bed by suitablegearing underneath, and provided with properly sized and spaced vent-.holes, and said bed furnished with a plate-cap and brush on the inside,and with a presser and droprspouton the outside; also, the manure boxfurnished with a hopperboy turned closely upon the metal-coveredbox-floor; also, by suitable gearing underneath, and provided/ with asuitable vent-hole and conj oining dropspout; also, said hopperssuitably conjoined, and, *ith their individual mechanism, mounted upon aplatform made upon the diverging rails of the plow-beam underneath;also, the counter-shafts of said box-gearing, having their bearings onthe same level, their cranks of the same length, and their parallelmoving wristpins independently adjustable with the counter-coupling andconnection-rods of the driving-roller of the drill-plow,- also, the mainstem of the branching drop-pipes and the col-- tor-staff conjoined,counter-braced, and fixed to the plow-beam by a crosskeyed wedge; also,slot-ted and adjustable standards for the fore or guide wheel of theplow, and to which the frame of the hinging seed-coverer is attached;and, lastly, a pair of swinging legs hinged to the tail end of thedrill-barrow, all of which and their purposes are hereinafter more fullydescribed, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which likeletters designate identical parts of my invention in the differentfigures, respectively.

Figure l is a side elevation of my device, showing the conjoinedhoppers, with their connective mechanism, mounted upon the drill-frame,the parallel crank and wrist-pin couplings, with the connecting-rods ofthe driving-roller, the slotted standards ofthe fore wheel,with theswinging coverer, and the combination colter and drop-pipe. Fig. 2 isalongitudinal section through the two hoppers, showing their individualmechanism and the conjoining drop-spouts. Fig. 3 is a plan view showingthe conjoined and uncovered hoppers, and the same view of individualmechanism of the two boxes, and Fig. i is a side elevation of thedrill-plow, showing. in section its several combination attachments.

A represents the drill-frame, consisting of the usual plow-beam,diverging side rails, and tail-pieces, and upon and to which the severalparts of my invention are attached.

B represents the grain-hopper, and C the manure-hopper. Said boxes aremade of suitable materials, shape, and dimensions, the box B with foursides and the box O with only three, as the back of box B, when theboxes are attached together, as shown, forms both the front of box C andthe partition b between the two. The box B is suitably fixed upon theplatform a. of the drilllrame, and the box 0 firmly attached to the backof box B by pins or lugs setting into the hasps d, as shown, the bottomfront corners resting upon said platform. The bottom rear corners of box0 are rounded off from the door downward,to easily adjust or remove itor to reach the gearing undcrneath. The front piece, I), of the box Bslides up and out in order to easily reach the inclosed mechanism. Bothboxes have sliding covers, as shown.

About midway up the sides of the box 13 is fixed the platform or bed 9,into the top plane of which are out a concentric circular shoulder, anda concentric groove, 9, within, and having a central pivot, h, in andupon IOO which to adjust the pivotal turn-plates h, as shown. Saidturn-plates consist of a set of interchangeable disks, each of suitablematerial and dimensions, and provided'with a central pivot, 7i, and acircular row of spur-gearing cogs, h, set near the outer edge of itsbottom plane, so as to be easily and fittingly adjusted in the table-bedg and engage with the counter-shaft beneath. The plates h are each madeto suitably gear with the counter-shaft i underneath, by which the plateis turned upon its plate-bed, each plate being made interchangeable withthe others-of its set only so far as said adaptation to the onetable-bed is concerned, for while each turn-plate is provided with acircle of vent-holes, j, by which the seed-grain is carried round anddropped into the spout below-through a drop-hole Z, suit-ably cutthrough the plate-bed g, as shownthey difier in the several plates eachfrom the other as to the size, spacing, and number of vent-holes,according to the kind of seed-grain to be planted, and which also guidesthe choice of the plate to be adjusted in the grain-box. A plate-cap, m,consisting of a thin sheet of metal, is cut in the crescent shape shownand tightly fitted upon the concentric shoulder 9 within the rim of thetable-bed and kept in place by a turn-button, for the purpose of keepingthe grain upon the turn-plate and preventing it from otherwise slippingover the outer edge of the same into the surrounding groove 9, andthereby clogging the path of the orbital revolutions of the platespur-cogs beneath.

A. small brush, 0, is suitably secured to the inside of the upslidingfront I), as shown, to assist the gravic force of the grain to crowd thekernels into said vent-h oles as each comes round in turn; and as thefilled holes pass round and over the drop-hole l said grain is againforced to drop through into the underhanging spout p by the presserq,which latter consists of a declining projective arm adjustably securedto the outside of the front b, and reaching down over said drop-hole,for the purpose described.

-The manure-box O is also furnished with a floor, fixed about midway upits sides, and fittingly covered with a thin sheet of metal to savewear. A hopper-boy, i", made of suitable material and dimensions, andcruciform, as shown, is suitably secured to a vertical spindle, s,piercing the center of the box-floor, and suitably geared to thecounter-shaft t, to give it a rotary motion closely upon the floor. Thefront of the blades of said rotary cross are each square edged andsimilarly curved toward the ends and rear, so that they may, like thearms of its namesake on the coolingiloor of a grain-mill, sweep theoverlying material in the box toward and press it through the vent-holeo, and thence into the branch spout c beneath. The quantity of manure tobe run through said vent at a time is regulated by the lever-movedvent-stop w, the lever being a long rod or bar suitably pivoted to theoutside of the box 13, as shown, and kept to the desired regulativeposition by a checkpin thrust through the long arm of the lever and thetail-rung of the drill-plow handles, over which said arm extends. Thecountershafts i and t, by which reciprocal motion is imparted to saidmechanism of the boxes B and 0, have their bearings on the same level,and their counter-cranks being of the same length, their wrist-pins,when independently connected by the couplings z-those of the shaft 1 tothe connecting-rods w, and those of the shaft t to the mutually-couplingparallel bars 7 will always be on a level, and said parallel bars alwaysin a horizontal position, so that not only will the couplings 2 alwaysremain in place during the motion of said bars, but the cranks of thedriving-shaft of the roller D, being arranged on the ends thereof at anangle with each other, will be relieved of all liability to reach amutual dead-center, and will be constantly in position to impart acontinuous and regular reciprocal motion to the counter-shafts i and t.

\Vhenever it is desired to use the grain planter alone, the couplings zare withdrawn and the bars y triced out of the way, leaving the gearingof the box 0 entirely disengaged. The drop-spout 0 being a branch pipeconj oining with the one leading from the box B, does not interfere withindependent working of the latter.

E represents the drill colter, and F its staff. The latter, being ofsuitably stout material, is rounded in front, in conformity with thefront swell of the colter, grooved into its rear face, as shown, andfirmly secured to the plow-beam. The colter is also suitably made of theshape shown, and firmly joined tothe.

foot of its staff on the mutual joint-line 6, by the nut-bolt k, passedthrough the foot of the staff and heel of the colter, as shown. The footof said staff-groove f also receives the drop end of the spout 0,wherein the latter is secured and protected, so that the dropping seedwill always fall into the center of the trench or furrow made by thecolter, and behind its protecting arched shell.

G represents said fore wheel, the counterstandards I of which areprovided with longitudinal slots cut through their upper ends, as shown,and an attaching transverse bolt, by which a sliding adjustment issecured in the inclined slots a, cut into each side of the plowbeam, inorder to regulate the height of the plow-head from the ground whenworking the drill, said slots making firm bearings for the leverage ofsaid standards or legs.

H represents said seed-coverer, which consists of a suitable frame, asshown, one end of which is furnished with the suitably-inclinedcounter-shovels u, to cover the earth over the planted seed, for theroller D, coming behind, to press it down,and the other end is suitablyhinged to said standards I, for the purpose of drawing the shovels afterthe colter E, and also of allowing the frame to be triced to thedrill-frame above when not used.

L represents the swinging legs, which are suitably hinged to the tailofthe drill-frame to allow them to be swung up out of the way, or putinto the position shown, which latter lifts and props the hangingroller-Wheel against the lower rung of the leg-frame, and thus not onlyprevents the frame A from overturning, but steadfastly holds by gravicforce the rear portion of the frame, together with the roller-wheel anddrill-colter, above the ground when not in use; therefore,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a combined grain-planter and fertilizer-distributer, the grain-boxB, furnished and fitted with the partition-back b, the up lifting-frontb, and the clamping-hasps d; also said box conjoined with themanure-hopper C, and both boxes mounted upon the platform a of thedrill-frame A, substantially as and for the purposes herein specified.

, 2. In the grain-hopper B of the combined grain-planter andfertilizer-distributer herein described, the combination, with thetable-bed g, provided with the concentric shoulder and groove thedrop-hole Z, the plate-cap m, and the spout p, with the boxi'ront I),having the brush 0 and the presser q thereto attached, and with thecounter-shaft 'i, of the set of interchangeable turn-plates h, furnishedeach with the circle of differential vent-holes, j, the center pivot, h,and the spurcogs it", all substantially as and for the purposes hereinspecified.

3. In the adjustable manure-hopper C- of the combined grain-planter andfertilizer-distributer herein described, the combination, with thepartition-front b, and its metal-covered floor furnished with thevent-hole '22, the branch spout a, and the lever-regulated ventstop 20,and with the vertical spindle s and its bevelgea-red counter-shaftt, ofthe cruciform and outsweeping hopper-boy r, substantially as and for thepurposes herein specified.

4. In a combined grain-planter and fertilizer-distributer, as hereindescribed, the counter-shafts 12 and 25, each reciprocally impart ingmotion through its respective and intermediate gearing, the former tothe interchange able turn-plates h in the box B, and the latter to thehopper-boy r in the box 6, and having their bearings on the same level,their cranks of the same length, and their wristpins ready to couple andact in combination with the connecting-rods so, theindependentlycoupling parallel bars y, and the countercranks' of theshaft of the driving-roller D, substantially as and for the purposesherein specified.

5. In a combined grain-planter and fertilizer-distributer, as hereindescribed, the combination, with the plow-beam of the drillframe A, ofthe rigidly-wedged colter-staff F, provided with the rear verticalgroove, f, and a hollow arched foot, the last having ascarf-jointingedge, e, to which is adjusted and firmly bolted the correspondingly rearscarf-edged drill-colter E, substantially as and for the purposes hereinspecified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VM. IRONSIDE.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN REMINGTON, R. KnLToN.

